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{{Infobox Ethnic group |group=Crow<br><small>Apsáalooke</small> |image=[[Image:CrowIRmap.png|200px]] |poptime=7,900 enrolled members |rels= Crow Way, Sundance, Tobacco Society, Christian: Catholic, Pentecostal, Baptist |langs=[[Crow language|Crow]], [[English language|English]] |related= [[Hidatsa]] }} The '''Crow Indian Reservation''' (est. 1868) is the homeland of the [[Crow Tribe]] of Indians of the State of [[Montana]] in the [[United States]]. The reservation is located in parts of [[Big Horn County, Montana|Big Horn]], [[Yellowstone County, Montana|Yellowstone]], and [[Treasure County, Montana|Treasure]] counties in southern Montana. It has a land area of 3,593.56 sq mi and a total area of 3,606.54 sq mi, making it either the fifth or sixth largest reservation in the country. (Rankings are switched with the [[Standing Rock Indian Reservation]] depending on whether water areas are counted.) Reservation headquarters are in [[Crow Agency, Montana|Crow Agency]]. The Crow Tribe of Indians of the State of Montana has an enrolled tribal membership of approximately 11,000, of whom 7,900 reside on the Crow Indian Reservation. Eighty-five percent speak Crow as their first language. The Crow Indian Reservation, the largest of the seven Indian reservations in Montana, is located in south-central Montana, bordered by Wyoming to the south and the [[Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation]] to the east. The reservation encompasses approximately 2,300,000 acres, which includes the northern end of the [[Bighorn Mountains]], [[Wolf Mountains]], and [[Pryor Mountains]]. The [[Bighorn River]] flows north from the Montana-Wyoming state line, journeying north to the [[Little Bighorn River]] just outside [[Hardin, Montana]]. Part of the reservation boundary runs along the ridgeline separating Pryor Creek and the Yellowstone River. The city of [[Billings, Montana|Billings]] is approximately 10 miles northwest of this reservation boundary. ==History== At the [[Fort Laramie Treaty of [[1851]]]: Boundaries of the Crow: Commencing at the mouth of Powder river, on the Yellowstone; thence up Powder river to its source; thence along the main range of the Black hills and Wind River mountains to the head waters of the Yellowstone river; thence down the Yellowstone river to the mouth of Twenty-five Yard creek; thence to the head waters of the Muscle-shell river; thence down the Muscle-shell river to its mouth; thence to the head waters of Big Dry creek; and thence to its mouth. At the [[Fort Laramie Treaty]] of [[1868]: Boundaries of the Crow: Commencing at the mouth of Powder river, on the Yellowstone; thence up Powder river to its source; thence along the main range of the Black hills and Wind River mountains to the head waters of the Yellowstone river; thence down the Yellowstone river to the mouth of Twenty-five Yard creek; thence to the head waters of the Muscle-shell river; thence down the Muscle-shell river to its mouth; thence to the head waters of Big Dry creek; and thence to its mouth. The [[PBS]] TV series ''[[Reading Rainbow]]'' filmed its tenth episode "The Gift of the Sacred Dog" here on June 17, 1983. The title was based on a book by [[Paul Goble]] and was narrated by actor [[Michael Ansara]]. ==Communities== *[[Crow Agency, Montana]] *[[Fort Smith, Montana]] (part) *[[Hardin, Montana]] (part) *[[Lodge Grass, Montana]] *[[Pryor, Montana]] *[[St. Xavier, Montana]] *[[Wyola, Montana]] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:American Indian reservations in Montana]] [[Category:Crow tribe]] [[Category:Geography of Big Horn County, Montana]] [[Category:Geography of Treasure County, Montana]] [[Category:Geography of Yellowstone County, Montana]] [[Category:1868 establishments in Montana]]
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